Shawn Corcas, 39, St. Albans, New York, pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a 68-year-old Jamaica, Queens, man who had been disabled as a result of a stroke and then secretly selling his house out from under him and pocketing the profits.

The defendant pleaded guilty before Queens Supreme Court Justice Joseph Grosso to one count of second-degree grand larceny and one-count of first-degree falsifying business records. He

Marc A. Bernstein, 54, New York, New York, a lawyer, was indicted and charged with stealing settlement and escrow monies from his clients. This second indictment charges the defendant with stealing more than $1.5 million from five clients. This follows a previous indictment that was unsealed on May 19, 2009 charging the defendant with stealing $652,600 from 11 medical malpractice and personal injury clients. The total amount the

Jonathan Boxman, 46, an owner and operator of real estate title insurance companies, was charged in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with defrauding clients of title companies he controlled of more than $1.7 million. According to the criminal complaint, Boxman stole money that was entrusted to those companies and used it to pay operating expenses associated with his failing

Craig Heller, 49, has been charged with for Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. He was due back in court June 25, 2009.

Heller, acting as escrow agent, was hired in November 2007 to remit a settlement check for more than $82,000 to the partial owner of a

Mayer Goldberger, 50, Brooklyn, New York, has been charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. He was arrested by DA Investigators. He is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead.

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Anita Bareja, 35, Dix Hills, New York, has been charged with two counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, three counts of Falsification of Business Records in the first Degree, one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, and four counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Third Degree. She was arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead, where a Nassau County judge ordered she be held on $20,000

Tahir Ali Khan, the leader of a ring that used fake identification documents to bilk over 50 financial institutions out of more than $24 million, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Loretta A. Preska to 14 years in prison. Khan was indicted, along with 14 other co-defendants, in a multi-count Indictment unsealed on August 15, 2007. Today’s sentence follows

Aaron Dare, Albany, NY, pled guilty to (2) counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class “C” Felony in front of the Honorable Thomas Breslin. This plea comes as a result of crimes that were committed after Dare pled guilty to another set of federal charges and was sentenced, as previously Continue Reading...

Eliyahu Ezagui, 48, has been indicted on charges of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud for masterminding a scheme to defraud banks, mortgage lenders, and residents of the Crown Heights community in Brooklyn, New York of approximately $18 million in connection with the fraudulent mortgaging of condominium apartment units.

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